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Tonight: A cloudy night with some rain. This rain will be heavy in places, but will move away from m
Tomorrow: A mainly dry, fine and sunny day with perhaps a few light showers developing through the afternoon. Outlook for Sunday and Monday: It will remain unsettled for the next few days. It will also be breezy. Story date: Friday 23 April Converted
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Do or die for United
OXFORD United have worrying injury problems which are hampering preparations for tomorrow's vital Division 1 game against Norwich at the Manor. United's penultimate home league game of the season is one they must win to have realistic hopes of overhauling
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Dedicated Roy 'will be missed'
The wife of former Oxford city councillor Roy Manley has paid tribute to his dedication to helping others. The former Labour councillor, who lived with wife Deborah at Plantation Road, Oxford, died on Monday, aged 69, as reported in later editions of
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Terrific Toledo
SEAT'S new Toledo is the latest model to spearhead the company's UK advance as it becomes a growing force in Europe. SEAT, which saw its production in Spain reach half a million vehicles last year, gains a new boost as the Toledo becomes the company's
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Boyce on way back
GRESHAM Oxford Cheetahs hope to have skipper Craig Boyce back for their important Craven Shield speedway clash against Ipswich at Oxford Stadium tonight (7.30pm). The Australian was laid low ten days ago with chicken pox which he appeared to pick up from
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Clarke facing Olazabal test
DEFENDING champions Darren Clarke will have a tough task in defence of his Benson and Hedges International Open title which carries a winner's cheque of £133,000. The Irishman is up against US Masters winner Jose Maria Olazabal who has confirmed he will
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Who is the real Will Shakespeare?
He stole the show at the Oscars. At the Bafta Awards it was the same story. Now William Shakespeare is looking a good bet to top all the Man of the Millennium polls as well, writes Reg Little. These are certainly proving unhappy days for supporters of
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Anger as pervert housed in village
A convicted paedophile has sparked fury in an Oxfordshire village after being rehoused there without warning. Some villagers in Cholsey are disgusted that the police and the housing association did not tell them about the man, who is living in temporary
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House price increases predicted
HOUSES in Oxford city centre are likely to be in even greater demand when High Street is closed to cars on May 31, said a city estate agent. Richard Thomas, of Knight Frank, was commenting on a report highlighting Oxford as a prime example of the rebirth
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U's miss out in numbers game
OXFORD United will have to make do with the smallest squad they have had for a decade next season - whatever division they're in. Manager Malcolm Shotton has been told by the club's new owner Firoz Kassam that the squad for the 1999-2000 campaign will
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50mph bid on roads
The campaign to cut traffic speeds and road accidents countywide is being widened with 50mph limits on heavily-used fast roads, writes Ian Townsend. The county wants all its villages to be subject to 30mph restrictions and is currently working towards
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Schools set to lift ban on beef
Beef could soon be returning to school menus after the lifting of the ban was backed by one of the county council's most powerful committees, writes Nick Evans. At a meeting of the strategy and resources committee on Tuesday, members voted for the return
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University slips back
Oxford University is no longer one of the world's best academic centres, according to two reports. For the first time, Oxford has slipped into third place, behind Imperial College, London, in the annual Times league table of universities. Cambridge is
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Citroen cashback offer
CITROEN is giving a £1,000 cashback with all Xsara, Xantia and Synergie models, while any new Saxo driver can benefit from two years' free insurance, worth as much as £2,000 on the UK's most popular hot hatches - the Saxo VTR and VTS. The Xsara is now
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Landlords fined for unsafe sofa
Two landlords and a letting agent were fined more than £7,000 after students complained about unsafe furniture in their rented homes, writes Andrew Ffrench. Letting agent Shaukat Kureshi, and landlords Sarwar Hussain and Mujahid Rana all pleaded guilty
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Couple fleeced OAP of £33,000
A mother and son plundered the savings of a "simple" elderly labourer who had devoted his working life to their family farm, writes Sarah Brown. Leslie Bawden, 81, who began working at Clattercote Priory Farm, Claydon, near Banbury, when he was 14, was
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Brave Stacey hailed a hero
A teenage girl has been told her quick actions saved the lives of five of her family trapped in a house blaze in Oxford, writes Karen Rosine. The Oxford Mail launched a campaign last December to get a smoke alarm fitted in every house in Oxfordshire,
